DHL to release new Resilience 360 mobile app

The app, an extension of DHL's existing Resilience 360 platform, offers near real-time monitoring of shipment milestones across transport modes, as well as of external impacting on the supply chain.

According to a DHL statement, it "provides businesses with anytime, anywhere access to supply chain information and uses advanced technologies to help businesses predict, assess and mitigate disruptions in near real-time right at their fingertips".

Tobias Larsson, Head of Resilience360, DHL Customer Solutions and Innovations, commented, "In the increasingly connected world we live in, both people and goods are constantly on the move, making near real-time risk management imperative.

"At the same time, supply chains have become incredibly complex.

"However, thanks to revolutionary technologies like big data, predictive analytics and machine learning algorithms, we are in a position to identify and manage risk like never before. The app puts all of that predictive power at your fingertips," Larsson promised.